The Nome nugget., February 28, 1931, Page THREE, Image 3

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IOUATK TI1I1*
OLYMPIA, Feb. 23, (/P>—Premier
S. F. Tolmie of British Columbia.
A. J. Dimond Territorial Senator
from Valdez representing Governor
Parks and other Canadian and Am
erican leaders attended the Paci
lic-Yukon-Alaska Highway reunion
;ii commemoration of their trip
last spring to Hazelton, B. C. They
were received here by Governor and
Mrs. Hartley, in the state recep
tion room of the legislature build
ing, at a banquet. Stereoptiean
slides of the proposed road were
shown and turned over to the
Washington state legislature, for a
statement, cooperating with oth
er states along the Pacific coast
and in the northwest.
RILL PROGRESSING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (£>)—
It' the veteran’s loan bill, as pass
ed by the Senate becomes a law.
ihe veterans will be able to start
borrowing half of their compensa
tion on their certificates at face
value. Tee veteran’s bureau of
ficials said they had laid tentative
plans before the administration.
Haines said the chief problem
would he the enlargening of the
personnel of the veteran’s office
to take care of the increased work.
Hoover indicated he would veto
the measure within forty-eight
hours at er receiving It. The bill
must be • igned by Longworth of
the House before being sent to
the White House. The finance div
ision of the bureau reported that
between twenty-five and thirty
five million dollars was on hand
to start lending. It stated they ex
pected the first loans to be on their
way the day after the bill becom
es a law*. Regional offices have been
ordered to piepare for the task.
APPROVES WIRE TAPPING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, (/P)—
Attorney General Mitchell said he
approved of wire tapping by pro
hibition agents in certain cases,
when he appeared before the House
Plxpenditures committee today. He
said he issued orders January 19lfcb
permitting wire tapping when it
was approved by the heads of the
bureaus involved. Mitchell said he
was not in a position at that time
to establish an iron-clad rule, so.
left it to the bureau heads.
STORMS IN EUROPE
LONDON, Feb. 23, (/P)—Winds
accompanied by sleet and snow
lashed Europe, disrupting traffic
and communication. A heavy fo§
spread over England but atartec
to clear about midnight last night
Holland, France, Belgium, north
ern Italy, Germany and the Scan
dinavian countries were hard hi’
by damages resulting from the sev
ere storms and weather.
The trawlers Maria and Vanaten
wfoich collided and sank in a fog
paid their debt to the sea bu
their <?r»ws were saved and tak
coming ri*
r r
diet of murder
hang- .. contest !
stiorltv after V
Jn the process, j
manslaughter
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thv/ became
WYOMIVt; GOVERNOR lll'TllKJ)
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Fob. *3.
(•V)—Wyoming paid its final tri
bute to Governor Frank C. Em
erson, who died of pneumonia re
cently.
X private funeral was held at
the executive mansion, where the
j family are In quarantine for sore
throat. The body was sealed in a
(casket, and taken to the capitol
where it lay in state for an hour.
The federal government paid its
respects at Fort Warren, where
Emersons’ body was given the gov
ernor’* salute o.f .seventeen guns.
WASHINGTON’S BIRTH l> A)
' Sunday, being Washington’s birth
day. the Nome commercial world,
Federal and city offices declared a
half holiday in respect, closing
nit one p.m. today.
With a half-day holiday on their
'hands the public of Nome may
have further recreation by attend
ing the big baseball games this
evening in the A. B. Hall.
TUESDAY
: L E Ci R A PH!C)
AIRPLANE (NEWS
Graham of the NAT returned at!
6 p.m. last night from a round trip ;
to Taylor Creek.
Graham of the Airways is sehed- j
uled to hop off tomorrrow morning ,
iat 9 a.m. for Fairbanks in the j
! Standard plane, carrying mail, ex- !
press and Jack Warren as a pass- j
enger. The plane will be met at j
jNulato by another ship of the same j
'company, and .Grah&m will transfer
! loads and return immediately to
| Nome.
Pilot Graham of the NAT made
another round trip to Taylor Creek
today carrying capacity load of sup
MAIL NOTICE
Plant1 snail for Fairbanks and the
•tati'S, will close today, registered
at 4 p.m., and ordinary at 5 p.m.
MASS OP DOCUMENTS ON
j LIQUOR CONTROL SUBMITTED
I WASHINGTON, Fell 24, «P)
The Senate today received a bewild
' ering mass of documents, data,
and testimony on liquor control
from the Wickershara commission.
It represented material on which
the commission made its report re
cently and also contained secret
testimony not heretofore given out.
Some especial remarks not known
before were included by Director
Woodcock, made before he took
office "Home Option" was the solu
[ tion to liquor control. He said the
^ plan could be made effective by
■‘simple administrative policies".
I These statements were made while
he was a special investigator for
the commission. He sa!d the cit
izens couldn’t claim the right to
buy and sell liquor hut if they poos
essed liquor in their home in sup
port of the fanrly policy, they
would require that they be undis
turbed as long as they did not fail
in their public duties, nor failed
to support their family, or did not
break the peace.
Further remarks were made
known. Mrs. WMIebrandt defend
od the grape concentrate business. j
saying that it was legal and act- \
ed for the California Fruit Indus ;
trie:-, makers of grape concentrates. *
She said the government had once
stated It was trying to lift its
heavy hand and the Volstead law |
from interfering too much with j
family hahita.
The testimony of Attorney Gen- j
e'&! Mitchell. Mellon and other i
- Tie falsi was r.ot given to Congress. •
WILL LEAVE FOR ALASKA
NEAR FUTURE
WENATCHEE. Washington. Feb. |
24. UP)—Ole Eielaon, of Hatton, i
North Dakota, father to the late
Colonel Carl Den Eielson, said to- |
day he would leave soon on a vis- |
if to Alaska to keep a promise j
made when his son's body was j
found in Siberia last winter on j
February 18th. He has been here i
for several days vtattling his daugh-:
ter Adeline, a school teacher.
UPHOLDS 18th AMENDMENT
W ASH l X GTO N. Feb. 24. (/P) I
The Supremo Court of the United i
States upheld the Eighteenth Am i
endment, over-ruling the decisiou j
of Judge Clark of New Jersey, last i
REPORTED FAVORABLY ON \
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. (JF)~-1
The nomination of E. Coke Hill, i
to be judge of the Third Division ;
of Alaska, was reported favorably !
by the Senate Judiciary Commit- j
tee today.
TO FIGHT AGAINST SKAT
ST. PAUL. Feb. 24, (fP)~ J J i
Farrell, chairman of the democrat- :
ic state conimlttee, announced that |
the election of Senator Schall. re- j
-publican in November, would be !
conteeted in an attempt to prevent |
his being sworn in in March. j
Farr el said that counsel would j
be engaged who would file charges j
immediately before the Senate El
ections committee in Washington,
asking that his seat be declared |
vacant and a new election called. ’
The charge, Farrell stated, would i
be, that Schall violated the corrupt j
act of Minnesota and Federal laws :
by misusing postal franking privi- j
ARE EXONERATE!)
JUNEAU, Feb. 23. (/P)—Deputy
U. S. Marshal W. E. Ferro and j
M. Pusich, a Douglas merchant, were ;
exonerated from the charge of
conspiracy of violation of the pro
hibition act, in a hearing before
the U. S. Commissioner here Sat
urday. He ruled that the evidence
was not sufficient to hold them ov
er for the grand jury. Prohibition
agents Chidoster and Wagner claim
ed that Ferro and Pusich were trai>
ped last week at a house where
they allegedly were lceoping booze.
DIES SUDDENLY
WASHINGTON* Feb. 24. (/P)—
Mrs. Geo. fiewar, a widow', here
from Manila Bay, died unexpect
edly at her home today. She had
been in ill health for some time
but was not in a critical condition.
She died a few minutes after being
stricken this afternoon.
lAI/SO DROPS DEAD
JUNEAU, Feb. 24, —Lee Pul
ver, recently beqneathed the estate
INCOME TAX KATE—1030
G. It. Jark on, president of the
Miners and Merchants Bank, is in
receipt of n wire from Burns Poe,
Collector of Revenoe, a.t Tacoma.
[The wire states that the rates are
[the same as for the year 1928.
| The corporation tax is 12#>.
j Individuals tex is as follows:
| IVtty on the first $4000.00
on the second $4000.00
I 5 % on the balance.
" he late F"
WED
AIIU I
Pile: Alger
iu the Stand.
10 o pounds of
lack Warren aa
muto to Nula
transfer plane
banks. He i
turn to Nome t. an
Pilot Uill Or
ern Air Trans;
Taylor Creek
noon. He was
this afternoon,
of the No. :> St:."son
company.
8 ion atm a i*i*ito’* i:s
WASHINGTON, Ftb. 25 i,V)
The nomination of E. Coke Hill to
be judge in the third division of
Alaska, was approved today by the
ASKS INVESTIMATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (.41)
A iborough investigation of charg
es that an unnamed Senator re
ceived from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
from a sugar company while the
sugar tariff was before Congress,
is demanded by Chairman N’ye of
the Campaign Funds Committee.
He sudd that the charges had been
called to h s attention by a sub
committee of the Senate Lobby
Committee, but the campaign turds
committee found no basis for the
action. He said he had turned
the information over to chairman
Caraway of the Lobby Committee.
The basis of payment of lobby mon
ey to this unknown man were not
revealed by Ntye.
FUR .CATCH POOR
SEWARD, Fob. 25, (>?)- Although
ptarmigan and rabbits to a lesser
degree are returning to the south
west, the fyr catch todate is about
50 percent of what it was last year
at this time, which is far below
normal.
Trappers returning from the
poorer catch. Wolves and Coyotes
are increasing in the region of II
liamna lake and trappers in the
Ohickaloon creek district jep^rt the
same condition
AMERICAN KILLED
LIMA. Peru. Feb. 22. (/P)—An
American, Reginald Skidmore, of
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was killed
by a stray bullet at Callao in sev
ere fighting in an attempt to ov
erthrow President Sankhez Oirro.
Forty loyalists and twenty rebels
were also killed. The rebels were
overpowered and fled following the
fighting.
are executed
BBLLEFONTE, Pa.. Feb. 25. |
(*P)—Irene Schroeder and W. Green I
Hague, were electrocuted Monday j
morning last, for the killing of cor-j
poral Brady of the state highway
patrol in December 1929. The i
woman went to the chair at seven
a.m .and was declared dead ar
five minutes past seven. Hague
followed her at. seven naught eight
a.m., and was pronounced dead at
thirteen minutes past seven.
Mrs. Schroeder who is the moth
er of a five year old boy was calm
and maintained herself well as she
strode into the death room. Hague
also went to the chair calm, but
apparently repen tent.
SEA US EXROUTE NORTH
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25, (/P)—
The leaders of a million fur seals
valued at more than thirtyfive mil
"tod that TIoo
pocket veto, wh
similar bill.
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NOTICK OF FORFEITURE
To J. A. Davidson, John Owens.
Mias Mable Dyrns, your and
each o? your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the
<<f one hundred dollars during
each of the years ending July 1st,
1920, 1021. 1 »22, 1922, 1924,
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and
1930. upon each of the following
placer rolnlug claims:
CALIFORNIA GROUP, in the
second tier of hencfces on the left
limit of Hastings Creek, and the
SURE SHOT OROUP. at the head
of Alma Gulch and running across
Golden Gate Creek. In the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording Dis
trirt, Territory of Alaska, the lo
cation certifiactes of which are of
record in Vol. 190. at pages 339
and 340, respectively, of the re
cords of said Cape Nome Mining
and Recording District; snch ex
penditure being made in the per
formance of the annual assessment
work required by the laws of the
United States and the Territory of
Alaska, in order to hold said claims.
And you are hereby required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure, according to yonr in
terest in each of said claims, to
the undersigned co-owner with you
therein, within ninety days after
the service of thi8 notice on you
by the publication thereof, or yonr
interest in each of said claims will
become forfeited, and vest in the
undersigned, as provided by said
Dated at Nome, Alaska, January
JOSEPH HENDRICH .
Co-owner
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